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Originally Posted by jocampo
And I know what I said. The true is that on eink devices, you cannot read a different ebook format without hacking the device. I extrapolated that to the "hardware" word because when you buy the device, you buy thinking about a hardware: Nook, Kindle, Kobo, etc. You don't buy thinking about what software is really working and acting as interface to let you read your books.
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I said: The ability to open DRM'd files is in the software.
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Originally Posted by jocampo
Why is so difficult to understand for some ...
The ability to open an ebook format depends of the hardware.
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Originally Posted by jocampo
So again, the format you can actually read on a eink device is tied up to the hardware or device's name: Nook with ePub, Kindle 3 with mobi, Sony with ePub (old DRM implementation), etc. Notice I am talking about out of the box eink devices, not tablets.
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wiki, supported ebook formats of some ereaders:
eGriver eReaders: PDF, EPUB, TXT,CHM, FB2, PRC/MOBI, HTML, DJVU
HanLin eBook V3+: PDF, EPUB, TXT, RTF, LIT, PPT, WOLF, DOC, CHM, FB2, PRC/MOBI, HTML, DJVU
Sony Touch Edition PRS-650: PDF, EPUB, TXT, RTF
Kindle : Kindle (AZW), PRC/MOBI (non DRM), PDF, PDF (non DRM), HTML, DOC, TXT
Kobo eReader Touch: PDF, EPUB, MOBI, TXT, HTML, RTF
NOOK Simple Touch Reader: PDF, EPUB
The one that I chose to buy (Pocketbook 903) supports: FB2, TXT, PDF, DJVU, RTF, HTML, PRC, CHM, EPUB, DOC.